Play Their Way
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Dive into child-first coaching with The Play Their Way Podcast! If you're a coach passionate about young lives, this is for you.
Join Laura-Jane Jones as she explores the core of coaching children and young people: voice, choice, and journey. Expert guests share their top coaching strategies, best practices, and philosophies focused on children's unique paths. Tune in and delve into how to empower their individual voice, respect their choices, and guide their journeys, cultivating a deep passion for sport and physical activity, while helping them reach their full potential.
Join Laura-Jane Jones as she explores the core of coaching children and young people: voice, choice, and journey. Expert guests share their top coaching strategies, best practices, and philosophies focused on children's unique paths. Tune in and delve into how to empower their individual voice, respect their choices, and guide their journeys, cultivating a deep passion for sport and physical activity, while helping them reach their full potential.
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with senior academicMartina Navarro on the athletic skills model (ASM), as well as speaking to Richard Cheetham about incorporating the ASM and Play Their Way into his coaching through using children’s storybooks to co-create ‘moving stories’ with children. If you’re curious about different approaches to#PlayTheirWay, this is for you!Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
This week, we sit down with Lee Meacham to chat about what happens when you’re brave enough to empower children and ‘embrace the chaos’, how he tries to welcome children from refugee communities in his area and why he’s so passionate about child-first coaching. Lee is a Workforce Development Coordinator at The Albion Foundation, as well as a coach mentor at the Black Country Coaches Club, who are one of our pilot programme of Play Their Way community builders, working to spread the word about child-first coaching in their local community. If you’re looking for practical tips from an experienced coach on how and why to #PlayTheirWay, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Join us for a conversation with former paralympic swimming champion and coach, Martin Mansell, about his experiences as an athlete, his approach to holistic child-first coaching and why enjoying sport and exercise is especially important for disabled children and young people. If you’re a coach looking to be more inclusive in your practice, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Grab a cuppa and join us for a chat with the brilliant Chelsea Hudson of GB Women Goalball, about her journey in sport - from learning to advocate for herself as a young person with a visual impairment, to finding a sport where she could thrive. If you're a coach looking to include all children and truly #PlayTheirWay, this is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
This week, we sit down with Martin Yelling, CEO of Stormbreak, to talk about about the inextricable link between mental health and physical exercise, approaching children and young people with 'compassionate curiosity' and what kind of future we're building for the next generation. If you want to learn more about movement as a tool for promoting better mental health, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Join us in conversation with one of the visionaries of the sporting sector, Youth Sport Trust CEO Ali Oliver MBE, as we delve into the 'power of one' and the vision it takes to create a culture that values movement and play.We discuss her journey in sport and life, how enjoyment looks different for every child and what we need to do with our 'moral imperative' to help children lead healthy lives.Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Join us for a chat with Dave Reed, UK Coaching Partnerships Development Manager and coach for the Rockcliff Girls Rugby team, where his daughter plays (and giveslots of feedback!). Dave talks about how he’s built a culture of confidence in the Rockcliff Girls team, and the “3 dimensional picture” of child-first coaching; kids enjoying it, coaches enjoying it and parents enjoying it. If you’re a coach looking to have a laugh and learn more about how to #PlayTheirWay, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
Join us for a reflective conversation with Tom Hartley, who is a coach developer, thought leader and champion of Play Their Way. We discuss how Tom's coaching journey has evolved over the years, what it means to be truly holistic and child-first in your practice and why this approach can be just as enjoyable for the coach as it is for the kids. If you're interested in the philosophy behind the #PlayTheirWay approach, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
To celebrate Play Their Way's 2nd birthday today, we're launching season 4 of the podcast with a special episode! We're joined by World Cup winner and England Rugby player Sarah Hunter CBE about her experiences as a player, a coach and a new mum.Sarah shares how her career and passion for rugby all goes back to her very first session, why sport is such a good training ground for life, and how child-first coaching could keep more girls in the game. If you're looking to inspire more girls to #PlayTheirWay, this episode is for you. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
In the last episode of season 3, we speak to the brilliant Kevin Badu, Head of Sport, and Talent development at Badu Sports, about the community at the heart of their work, encouraging children and young people not only to dream but to plan for the future, and about how coaches can learn from the ideas and innovations of the youth.If you're looking to be reminded of what sport and physical activity is all about, this episode is for you.The #PlayTheirWay podcast will be back in the Spring - thanks for listening! Please do make sure to review and share this episode with someone who you think would like it. Join the movement here.Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok.
In this episode of the Play Their Way podcast, we have a fascinating conversation about children's rights in sports with UNICEF UK's Liz Twyford and Gary Hodgson of ICoachKids, both of which are members of the Children's Coaching Collaborative and have been instrumental in the Play Their Way movement.
If you're looking for an insight into the message behind the #PlayTheirWay movement, this episode is for you.
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Join us for an inspiring, funny and thought-provoking episode with Hannah Vines, where we talk about encouraging children's journeys in sport and in life, the importance of 'getting it wrong' and reflecting, and making sure you hear from every child so that no-one becomes the 'grey child' - overlooked and misunderstood.
Hannah Vines, a brilliant rowing coach at Dorney Boat Club who has had a 35+ year career supporting an average of 200 people annually to enjoy rowing. Hannah recently won the UK Coaching Community Coach of the Year for Children & Young People and the British Rowing Community Coach of the Year Award.
If you're looking for a boost of energy and inspiration to #PlayTheirWay, this is for you.
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Take a risk on this episode!
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Martin Dighton,
Senior Coach Developer at UK Coaching, about the value of risk in play, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and whether we can ever be completely and truly child-led in a sporting context.
If you’re a coach looking for ways to boost children’s
confidence and autonomy to #PlayTheirWay, this episode is for you.
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We're back! To welcome you into the new year, we're sharing an insightful and informative conversation with coach and inclusive educator Erin Williams on the important role coaches can have in building safer spaces for LGBTQ+ young people in sport.
Alongside playing internationally, Wales Women’s Lacrosse Senior Team Manager Erin has coached since the age of 15. Erin is also an inclusive sport educator, supporting organisations to work effectively with LGBTQ+ young people and to create safe spaces that enable ongoing and enjoyable participation in sport.
If you're a coach looking for practical tips on how to be more inclusive and child-first, this episode is for you.
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Join us for an honest and insightful conversation with Skye Eddy, the founder of Soccer Parenting, about her journey as a sports parent, what gets left out of the conversation in child-first coaching and the balance between competition and play.
If you're a coach looking to build better bridges with parents, this episode is for you.
We'll be taking a break from the #PlayTheirWay podcast over Christmas, wishing you all a lovely holiday!
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In this week's episode, host Laura-Jane Jones interviews Robin Watkins-Davis about how yoga can be an essential part of the toolkit for getting through early adulthood.
When Robin qualified as a yoga teacher in 2016, she was the youngest in the UK. She then went onto bring yoga to schools, training over 200 teachers and facilitating peer-led yoga sessions too. In this episode, Robin talks about the power of non-competitive activity, body image and bullying through the teenage years - and how yoga can have a positive impact.
If you're looking to widen the scope of what physical activity and sport can look like so that every child and teenager can #PlayTheirWay, this episode is for you!
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In host Laura-Jane Jones’ words, join us for a ‘life
affirming’ conversation with the legendary Ladi Ajayi, Head of Sport at AKD Solutions, Chair of UK Coaching’s Diversity Expert Group and contestant in Race Across the World alongside his daughter, Monique.
We talk about Ladi’s journey in sports, and what it means to be intentional about inclusivity as coaches and coaching organisations so that every child can #PlayTheirWay.
If you’re a coach looking to be inspired and reinvigorated,
this episode is for you!
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This week, join us as host Laura-Jane Jones chats with CEO of ParkPlay, Rick Jenner, about how "we’ve become serious and structured about too many things" and how play - both for adults and children - could be the antidote to a modern life which expects too much of us all.
Tune in, inspire, and let children #PlayTheirWay!
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In the last episode of season 2 of the Play Their Way podcast, we speak to the one and only Russell Earnshaw (better known as Rusty)!
Rusty is a Rugby coach and Founder of the Magic Academy, and says his favourite feedback he's received is, 'I like Russell Earnshaw, he treads a fine line between genius and nutcase.’
In this episode, we talk about why Rusty is so passionate about child-first coaching, how humour can help deliver a message and how young people will challenge themselves more when they're in charge of the challenge.
If you want to reflect on what 'stick' and 'carrot' really mean in coaching, this episode is for you.
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This week, we speak to Twickenham Swans and Signets FC Chairman and Founder, Eamonn Newell, about how their club’s inspirational journey from using jumpers for goalposts to taking over Wembley Stadium with 400 Swans members!
Eamonn talks about how his own daughter’s interest in football sparked the idea to build a girls’ football team based on the values of inclusivity and child-first practice. Their website reads: “Never played before? Now's you chance. Used to play? Welcome back. Just keen to know more about the game your child may play? That's great too. Twickenham Swans FC is open to everyone with no age limits.”
If you want to be inspired by the impact child-first coaching can have on an entire community, this episode is for you.
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